专业專業 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
• 门 mén gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family... attested

Character breakdown

• 专耑 zhuān for a particular person, occasion, purpo…
• 业業 yè line of business

Stroke order

How it used to be written

专

These are the forms of 耑, the traditional character: 专 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

• Oracle bone script 商
• Small seal script
• See all 12 forms

业

These are the forms of 業, the traditional character: 业 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

• Bronze script 西周中期
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 11 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• “一家之主”是一份专业工作、事业和使命。

  The "family manager" is a profession, occupation, vocation.

• 书桌上一叠专业书里有几本卡通书混在里面。

  There were some graphic novels mixed into the pile of specialty books on the desk.

• 他的专业是经济学。

  He is majoring in economics.

• 你的专业是什么？

  What's your major?

• 你选好专业了吗

  Have you chosen a major yet?

• 南非近 70 万名高中生一直热切期盼著本周公布他们的毕业考试成绩，大学会根据这些成绩来决定学生可以进入哪个专业学习。

  South Africa’s nearly 700,000 high-schoolers had been eagerly awaiting this week’s announcement of their matriculation exam grades—scores used by universities to determine which program of study a student is admitted to.

• 在职场中对某人产生好感是很正常的，但记得要保持专业形象。

  It's normal to experience workplace crushes, but remember to stay professional.

• 她的专业是法国的文学

  She majors in French literature.

All example sentences with 专业